Grade 6 Fall — Argumentative Writing, Claim-Evidence-Warrant (Toulmin Lite), Counterclaim Acknowledgment, and Pronoun Mastery
English · GR G6 eng.g6.f.gr.intensive_pronouns

Use intensive pronouns for emphasis (not as objects) (CCSS L.6.1.b)

Apply the intensive-pronoun rule (MG-8): -self pronouns (myself/yourself/himself/herself/itself/ourselves/yourselves/themselves) are used for EMPHASIS only — could be removed without grammatical loss ('I myself made the cake' = 'I made the cake'). Distinguish from REFLEXIVE pronouns (subject = object: 'I cut myself shaving' — cannot be removed). NEVER use -self as object when subject is different ('Please give it to me' NOT 'to myself').

Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
10
Typical minutes
30
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
  • eng.g7.s.gr.reflexive_pronouns_extended
    (not yet loaded)
Common misconceptions
  • Uses myself as a fancy version of me ('Please give the gift to myself' — WRONG; should be 'to me'; -self is reserved for emphasis or reflexive).
  • Uses myself in compound subject ('Maya and myself went to the store' — WRONG; should be 'Maya and I went').

Exercise pool (1)

Diff Stem Type
2 Classify each -self pronoun as INTENSIVE (emphasis, removable) or REFLEXIVE (subject = object, not removable): (1) 'The author herself... intensive vs reflexive classify